On September 15th, THEMUSEUM, in downtown Kitchener, will be opening its newest exhibit: RAM – Rethinking Art & Machine.

“RAM showcases the work of pioneer artists who have addressed the relationship between art and electronic technology, light, graphics, robots, and virtual reality dating back to the 1960′s.”

Alongside RAM, members of kwartzlab have been given the opportunity to exhibit their own work. On Thursday, I stopped by to grab a few pictures while Bernie Rhode was setting up.

Here’s a sneak preview:

April 5th, 2011

2011-04-05 kwartzlab Tuesday Open Night on Flickr

April 12th, 2011

2011-04-12 kwartzlab Tuesday Open Night on Flickr

April 19th, 2011

2011-04-19 kwartzlab Tuesday Open Night on Flickr

April 26th, 2011

2011-04-26 kwartzlab Tuesday Open Night on Flickr

May 3rd, 2011

2011-05-03 kwartzlab Tuesday Open Night on Flickr

May 10th, 2011

2011-05-10 kwartzlab Tuesday Open Night on Flickr

Toronto Mini Maker Faire was all kinds of awesome. Thanks to all the kwartzlab friends and members that came out. Our tables were packed with projects and people!

I don’t think I got pictures of even half of what I saw, so be sure to check out photos from others. Here’s what I’ve found so far:
MiniMakerFaireToronto == Awesome from think|haus
Toronto Mini Maker Faire 2011 by squiddity of toronto on Flickr
2011 May – Toronto Mini Maker Faire by syberchic on Flickr
Toronto Mini-Maker Faire by gordasm on Flickr

If you’ve got any more, post them in the comments!

A huge thanks to Site3 and the Treehouse Group for making this all possible. I hope it returns next year! Follow @MakerFaire_TO on Twitter for updates!

Photos from another excellent chiptunes event presented by Bitmasters Netlabel at Maxwell’s Music House in Waterloo.

DW has a great writeup with additional photos on his blog, makebright.

Here are a few pictures I took at the 8-bit music festival, PRESS START, presented by Bitmasters Netlabel at THEMUSEUM in downtown Kitchener.

Event info on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=196325367060500

The music and visualizations were absolutely fantastic. It was quite a challenge to capture the very animated performers. I ended up uploading only 43 of 439 photos.

I’m looking forward to the next event, hopefully this summer.

No colour. No captions.

This batch was accidentally skipped – better late than never!

kwartzlab asset tag, made by Ben. The asset tag system identifies the owner and hackability of the asset. Details at kwartzlab.ca/mediawiki/index.php/Asset_Tags

Karl holds a piece of his machine art, created by milling the back side of the acrylic.

Don builds frame to hold a hot air gun.

Bernie shows off a work in progress.

Bernie's impressive work draws a crowd.

Don repairs a mobile phone.

Ed, Darcy, FreeBSD.

Chris laminates strips of wood for his next woodworking project.

Richard and Kevin work to repair and improve the RepRap extruder.

Ed helps Jon debug an Arduino project.

Alex and Ryan show off and discuss their nine day game project.

Gus edits a podcast.

Karl shows off some recently completed LED-sidelit machine art.

Circuitry for on of Karl’s LED-sidelit machine art pieces.

Closeup of Karl’s machine art.

Closeup of Karl’s machine art.

Closeup of Karl’s machine art.

Closeup of Karl’s LED-sidelit machine art.

Jon displays the design for his Homebrew Arduino 0-10V shield, designed with the gEDA suite. He has posted details at http://www.kwartzlab.ca/2011/03/homebrew-arduino-0-10v-shield/

Ben cooks a batch of blueberry pancakes for Pancake Tuesday, which coincided with kwartzlab’s Tuesday Open Night.

Richard carefully replaces a damaged LCD panel.

Holger shows off the beginnings of his 4×4 LED cube.

Rob discusses his portable synth collection project(?) I should really write these things down.

Soldering teamwork, with Cedric and Rob.

Ben, Gus, Richard, Kevin and Cedric watch the RepRap print for the first time.

Kevin holds the first finished part printed by the RepRap.